Fujitsu Ltd., Japan's biggest provider of computer services, said the company will miss its annual shipment target for personal computers amid slow demand for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system.
Initial appetite for the software, introduced in October, is "weak," Fujitsu President Masami Yamamoto, 58, told reporters in Tokyo yesterday. Slumping demand in Europe amid the sovereign-debt crisis will also erode sales, he said. PC deliveries for the year ending March 31 may be more than 6 million units, compared with an October estimate of 7 million, he said.
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